In recent weeks, amidst the dramatic presidential crisis in South Korea, South Koreans are also stepping up their increasingly tough measures against rampant illegal fishing in their territorial or (more…)
South Korea and Japan have signed a General Security of Military Information Agreement or GSOMIA, marking yet another major step toward boosting the Washington-led Northeast Asia security alliance. The (more…)
China has surreptitiously seized 12 of Singapore’s expensive hi-tech armored personnel vehicles in Hong Kong on the official pretext of an anti-smuggling investigation. The armored vehicles were Singapore military’s (more…)
President-elect Donald Trump met with Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in New York City on Nov. 17 to size each other up as uncertainty has grown due to Mr. (more…)
Communist China also has elections this year but the candidates on all ballots have to be chosen by the Communist Party, which renders the elections meaningless and a sham. (more…)
Prime Minister Najib Razak of Malaysia, deeply entangled in a corruption scandal, has become China’s friend in recent weeks following his visit to Beijing in the first week of (more…)
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan and President Park Geun-Hye of South Korea both spoke with President-elect Donald Trump on the phone in the immediate aftermath of the landmark (more…)
Presidential candidate Donald Trump sent a special envoy to Taiwan in October to establish rapport with Taiwan’s new president, Tsai Ing-wen. The news was confirmed by David Lee, Taiwan’s (more…)
“The Indian-Japanese relationship is a special strategic and global partnership,” said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on the eve of his historic trip to Japan to further firm up (more…)